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and anything with fringe and kind of bohemian,
so it’s definitely eclectic.”
Her desk was originally a plain white piece
from Ikea, but you’d never know it. She
spray-painted the legs gold and finished the
top with marble contact paper.
“If I see something I like online, usually I’ll
try it myself first,” Costa said.
A mirror sits on the desk, surrounded by
images that inspire Costa: The Parker in Palm
Springs, a Barbara Streisand record and an old
photograph of her grandmother singing.
“She was very into interior design, so I
think that’s where I get my eye from, my inspiration,”
Costa said, “so that’s why I wanted
to make sure I had her in this space too.”
A white dresser across from the desk acts
as Costa’s closet.
“That’s where we had to get a little creative
with the space,” she said. “We have
great front closet space, but not a lot in our
bedroom and I have a lot of clothes, so we
needed a solution.”
Next to the office, their bedroom has
matching arched windows. “That was very
important to me, having a lot of natural
light,” Costa said. “The arched windows sold
us on this apartment.”
But the most impressive thing about this
room is the grey ombre wall. Costa and Michalak
painted it themselves using three different
shades of grey paint and wet paper towels.
INTERIOR DESIGN